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When to avoid accordions on web pages

Before implementing accordions in your design, consider these five scenarios. It might be better to present your content in a more accessible way.

New front-end developer

Hello world! I’m Teodora, and just last week, I hopped on board the Digital Communications team as a front-end web developer. 

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Jakob’s Law

Jakob’s Law is a principle of user experience design. It states that: Users spend most of their time on other sites

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The three hats of user experience

User experience (UX) and design patterns fall under three categories (or hats) – white hat, grey hat, and black hat – or more simply put, the good, the bad, and the ugly.

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Offline first

One of the biggest challenges we face is to ensure that our websites continue to work on all manner of devices. To meet this challenge, many web developers have adopted a mobile first design process. The core principle…

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Should icons be solid or hollow?

Icons are everywhere in graphic and web design. They’ve become second nature to how we interpret tasks and actions for interacting with physical and digital interfaces. However, just because they are widely used…

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Bad UX design fails

The internet is a wonderful place. It is a modern library of all knowledge, the epicentre of human creativity, and the source of horrible user interface patterns that create an infinite amount of frustration.